Psalm 79:12

New American Bible - revised edition

Turn back sevenfold into the bosom of our neighbors the insult with which they insulted you, Lord.

Cross References

Genesis 4:15

Not so! the Lord said to him. If anyone kills Cain, Cain shall be avenged seven times. So the Lord put a mark on Cain, so that no one would kill him at sight.

Psalm 44:16

All day long my disgrace is before me; shame has covered my face

Psalm 74:10

How long, O God, will the enemy jeer? Will the enemy revile your name forever?

Psalm 89:52

Your enemies, Lord, insult; they insult each step of your anointed.

Proverbs 6:31

Yet if caught they must pay back sevenfold, yield up all the wealth of their house.

Jeremiah 32:18

You continue your kindness through a thousand generations; but you repay the ancestors’ guilt upon their children who follow them. Great and mighty God, whose name is Lord of hosts,

Ezekiel 35:12

then you shall know that I am the Lord. I have heard all the insults you spoke against the mountains of Israel, saying: They are desolate; they have been given to us to devour.

Ezekiel 36:7

Therefore, thus says the Lord God: I raise my hand and swear: the nations around you shall bear their own reproach.

Leviticus 26:21

If then you continue hostile, unwilling to obey me, I will multiply my blows sevenfold, as your sins deserve.

Leviticus 26:28

I will continue in my hostile rage toward you, and I myself will discipline you for your sins sevenfold,

Luke 6:38

Give and gifts will be given to you; a good measure, packed together, shaken down, and overflowing, will be poured into your lap. For the measure with which you measure will in return be measured out to you.”